Our Story

The
Studio

Untitled Works is a design studio founded on the belief that great brand identity is never decoration — it's the clearest possible expression of what something truly is. We work with founders, creative businesses, and cultural institutions who understand the difference.

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What We Believe

"Design is not how something looks.
It is how something thinks."

Every mark, every weight of type, every breath of white space is a decision. We work slowly, carefully, and only with people who want something that endures. We do not produce templates. We do not rush. We do not compromise on the things that matter.

How We Work

Principles we
refuse to abandon.

These aren't mission-statement words. They're the actual reasons we turn down work, push back on briefs, and stay up until the kerning is right.

01

Restraint

We remove before we add. The most powerful identities are defined by what is absent as much as what is present. Simplicity is earned, not chosen.

02

Precision

Every decision is deliberate. Typefaces, spacing, colour, weight — nothing is accidental. We obsess over the details that most people never consciously notice, but always feel.

03

Honesty

We tell clients what we actually think. If a brief is wrong, we say so. If a direction is weak, we don't dress it up. The best work requires trust, and trust requires candour.

04

Permanence

We design for ten years from now, not for the current trend cycle. Timelessness isn't boring — it's the hardest thing to achieve in a world that rewards novelty.

05

Partnership

We work with clients, not for them. The best outcomes arrive when both parties show up fully. We invest in every relationship as if it's the most important one we have — because it is.

06

Selectivity

We take fewer projects to do better work. A small studio with a long waiting list makes better work than a large one with an open calendar. We've chosen small.

The People

Small by
design.

We are a studio of three — a creative director, a brand strategist, and a motion & digital designer. Every client works directly with the people who make the work. No account managers. No hand-offs.

Léa Marchand
Léa Marchand
Creative Director & Founder

Léa spent eight years at Pentagram London and Studio Dumbar before founding Untitled Works in 2019. She works at the intersection of typography, concept, and culture — and believes that every brief contains a single essential question that design must answer.

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Tobias Vane
Tobias Vane
Brand Strategist

Tobias joined the studio in 2021 after a decade in brand consultancy across Amsterdam and Copenhagen. He leads discovery, positioning, and naming — giving every visual identity a coherent foundation of meaning before a single mark is drawn.

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Saoirse Kern
Saoirse Kern
Design & Motion

Saoirse brings identity systems to life across digital and moving image. Trained at the RCA London, she handles web art direction, animation, and all aspects of identity rollout — ensuring that what's designed on paper works just as well on a screen or in motion.

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The Journey

Five years.
Forty projects.
One standard.

2019
Studio founded

Léa Marchand establishes Untitled Works as an independent practice in Riga, taking on the first three clients from her personal network. The studio name reflects a belief that great work is always in progress — never finished, only released.

2020
First international commission

A complete identity system for a Copenhagen-based ceramics brand puts the studio on the map in Scandinavia. Recognition from Brand New launches the first wave of inbound enquiries from outside Latvia.

2021
Tobias joins the studio

With strategy demand growing, Tobias Vane joins as Brand Strategist. The studio formalises its discovery process and begins turning down briefs that lack clear strategic foundations — a policy that shapes the studio's reputation for depth.

2022
Recognition & awards

Two projects shortlisted for the D&AD Awards. A feature in It's Nice That introduces the studio to a wider international audience. The waiting list reaches six months for the first time.

2023–24
Saoirse joins. Digital expands.

Saoirse Kern joins to lead digital and motion, completing the current team of three. The studio launches its Content Studio retainer offering, expanding the relationship with existing clients beyond initial identity work.

Past & Present Collaborators

Maison Céleste Arco Studio Vellum Press Delta Atelier Oiseau Group Forme Noire Orbit Labs Studio Pale Carve & Co. Harbour & Salt
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